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Goldsmith's History of England
Tags: 18th century, England, Great Britain, history, octavo, Roman Britain, Woolf gift
History of the life of King Henry the Second
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The antiquities of England and Wales
Vols. 1-5 are undated, vol. 6 has "Publish'd 30 Decr. 1785 by S. Hooper" beneath the imprint, vol. 7 is dated 1786, and vol. 8, entitled 'Supplement to the antiquities of England and Wales' and without edition statement,…
Justus Mösers Osnabrückische Geschichte
Documents in Latin at the end of each volume.
Includes bibliographical references.
Tags: 18th century, Germany, history, Woolf gift
The history and antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland
For errors in paging see Upcott.
Tags: 18th century, antiquities, England, Great Britain, history, quarto, Roman Britain, Woolf gift
The history and antiquities of the parish of Halifax, in Yorkshire
Tags: 18th century, England, engraved illustrations, illustrated, map, quarto, Woolf gift
The history of Manchester
Half-title to volume 1: 'The history of Manchester, book the…
Tags: 18th century, England, history, Manchester, map, quarto, Roman Britain, Woolf gift
Parochial antiquities attempted in the history of Ambrosden, Burcester, and other adjacent parts in the counties of Oxford and Bucks
"A glossary to explain the original, the acceptation, and obsoleteness of words and phrases": 116 p. at end.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An introduction to universal history
With half-title.
Tags: 18th century, Africa, Asia, Europe, geography, history, illustrated, map, North America, South America, Woolf gift
The critical history of England, ecclesiastical and civil
Volume 1 has half-title: The critical history of England, in two volumes. Vol. I. An essay on criticism--has special t.p., with separate pagination and register. Advertisements on verso of half-title and…
Tags: 18th century, England, Great Britain, history, octavo, Woolf gift
New history, survey and description of the city and suburbs of Bristol
Errata precedes text, on p. iv-v.
Tags: 18th century, Bristol, duodecimo, England, history, Woolf gift
A History of all the real and threatened invasions of England, from the landing of Julius Cæsar, to the present period
With a half-title.
A reissue of the edition with the 188-page main section; added pages 189-96 to cover events in June 1794.
The History of the civil wars between York and Lancaster
Also reproduced on microfilm. Woodbridge, Conn. : Research Publications, Inc., 1983. The Eighteenth Century ; reel 120, no. 4.
Tags: 18th century, England, Great Britain, history, marginalia, octavo, Richard III, Woolf gift
Characters of the kings and queens of England, selected from different histories
Originally published in 3 parts: London, 1786-1788.
Also available on microfilm from Research Publications Inc. (The Eighteenth Century, reel 155,…
Tags: 18th century, Great Britain, history, octavo, royalty, Woolf gift
Outlines of an historical view of the progress of the human mind
With a half-title page.
Tags: 18th century, duodecimo, history, philosophy, Woolf gift
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Polycronycon
Imprint from colophon.
Includes index.
By Ranulf Higden, whose name appears on 2a3r.
Translated by John Trevisa, who is named on…